There is a Thomas Evans listed in the 1881 British census in Aberdare, Glamorgan, Wales as born in 1829 in Merth Abbey, Glamorgan, occupation, coal hauler with the three children shown here. It is not known for sure whether this is the correctThomas Evans but it is a possibility.

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Note: There is another possibility listed in the 1880 US census in Shenandoah, Schuylkill County, PA.